Metallic railway-tie.



No. 742,318. PATENTED 00T. 27. 190'53.V

I'. U. HAYMO-ND & S. I. BEAN. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIGATIN FILED AUG. 6. 190.3.

HG MODEL.

l l l l l l /llforney moved. Fig. 2' is a longitudinal sectiongof Aone end of the tie withthe rail-supporting" maare.

' UNITED STATES ateutea october 27, ieo.-

i PATENT Ormea.

FRANK U. HAYMoND AND SAMUEL 1. BEAN, oF AsHvILLE, Noa'rn oARoL'INA. i

SPECIFICATION formngpart of Letters Patent No. 742,318, dated October 27, 1903.

Applicants 'inea August 6,1902. serial NA 168,519. (No model.)

.To all` whom t maa/concer,-

Beit known that we, FRANK U. HAYMoND and SAMUEL I. BEAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Asheville, in the ,county of Buncombe, State of'North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railway-Ties, of which thel following is a specification, reference being had therein to the. accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a metallicV railwaytie and to means carried thereby for supporting a rail upon the tie.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel construction of tie and also an'improved construction of pocket wherein an ad- .justing device forthe rail is carried and also a cushion-block when found desirable.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form of this supportingp'ocket whereby the same is held above the lower face of the tie, while the adjusting and cushioningv means `are adapted to be cony tained within and protected by the pocket in its relation to the tiel Other and further objects andadvantages of the invention will be hereinafter setjforth and the novel features thereof ldefined by the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective- 'of the tie with the rail-supporting pocket repocket in position. Fig. 3 is a transverse section upon the line 3 3 yof Fig. 2; and Fig. l i is a detail perspective with parts broken away, showing the pocket and parts carried thereby separated from each other.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the drawings. rrThe letter'A designates a tie, preferably formed of a metallic plate y open at its opposite ends, as shown at A', and provided upon its upper surface with openings A?, Vadapted to receive the pocket B, Fig. 2. This tie is provided upon its top and side walls with drainage-slits A3, extending between holes at the opposite ends thereof,'so as to drain the water from the road-bed outward through the tie and outward at the ends thereof, thus retaining the road-bed in th'e most desirable condition. Upon the lower surface of the tie angle-irons A4 are Asecured to preventthe endward creeping of the tie in the ballast of the road-bed. 'i

l The pocket B is provided at its upper portions with'riianges B', which rest upon theupper face of the tie atopposite sides of the 'opening A? therein, thus partially supporting .the pocket in positionwhil'e upon the under face of the pocket; a saddleback B? is secured and provided'with'vertical walls B3 at opposite ends, which are adapted to be bolted to the Vside walls of the tie, las indicated at B4, thus securing all of the parts firmly in position. This saddleback is provided with suitable openings kor. channels, B5 to permit. the introduction of the securing-bolts B, which extend upward through the saddleback and through suitable apertures B6 in the bottom of the pocket. Resting upon the upper face of the bottom of the `pocket is an adjustable wedge member D, which is provided with a threaded nut D', held against movement by a slotin the wedge D2, the outer end of which passes through the side wall of the pocket B and is provided with collar D3 upon ,onel side of said wall andY a 'wrench-head D4 upon the opposite side by which the .screw may be rotated and the adjustable wedge member carrying the nut D' reciprocated upon the bottom of the pocket.

plate D5, having an,l inclined under face D6, so as to provide a level support for the cushion-,block E, which may be of any desired elastic material suitable to the conditions under which the tie is to be used. Upon the pressure-plate E', having at its opposite corners depending lugs E2, adapted to embrace while upon the upper face thereof are gage- I ugs E3, placed at a proper distance apart to receive the base E4 of the rail E5. These gage-lugs and the pressure-plate are provided with apertures E6, through which the securing-bolts C pass.

The upper ends of the securing-bolts() are provided with the usual nuts C and beneath the nuts eontactplates C2, which are adapted -member, and threaded into said nut is a screw Resting upon this Awedge member is an upper 4 upper surface of'this cushion-block E is a and retain rthe cushion-block in position,

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to overlap the base of the rail, and thus secure the proper retaining contact therewith. Any desired form of locking means for these nuts may be used-for instance, the bar F, of spring material, adapted to contact with the squared faces of the nuts at its opposite ends F' and provided with depending ends F2, adapted to extend into recesses or slots E7, formed in the pressure-plate, as shown in Fig. 3. .y

It will thus be seen that the tie herewith presented permits the drainage of surplus moisture from the road-bed, thus retaining the same in the best possible condition and preventing the washing out of the bed from beneath the ties, as the drainage-water is adapted to be discharged at the opposite ends of the ties. Theadjusting structure carried by the pocket permits the leveling ot' the rail without the necessity ot' retamping the tie, and the track-rails may be kept in the same plane by an ordinary trackman, thus preventing the rolling motion of the car produced by a difference in the horizontal planes of the track-rails. The use of the cushionblock in this pocket, with the pressure-plate for securing the rail in position, also permits an elasticity of the rail to obviate the bumping and hammering at the joints thereof, thereby securing the greatest ease of movement. The disposition of the securing-bolts permits all of the parts to be clamped together by the application of these bolts and quickly and easily inserted within the tie, where they may be rigidly secured by the riveting ot' the saddleback to the side of the tie.

It will be obvious that changes maybe made in the details of construction and configuration without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having described our invention and set forth its merits, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a railway-tie, a hollow casing open at its opposite ends and provided with openings upon its upper surface and drainage-openings in its side walls, and fianges upon the under surface of the tie at an angle thereto.

2. In a railway-tie, a hollow casing open at its opposite ends and provided with openings upon its upper surface and drainage-openings in its side walls, flanges upon the under surface of the tie at an angle thereto, supporting-pockets disposed in the openings upon the upper face of the tie, and saddlebacks beneath said pockets and secured to the side walls of said tie.

3. In a railway-tie, a hollow casing open at its opposite ends and provided with openings upon its uppersurface and drainage-openings in its side walls, lianges upon the under surface of the tie at an angle thereto, supporting-pockets disposed in the openings upon the upper face of the tie, saddlebacks beneath said pockets and secured to the side walls of said tie, adjusting means disposed upon the base ofsaid pockets, a cushion-block upon said adjusting means, a pressure-plate upon said cushion-block, and means for securing the rail to said plate.

4. In a railwaytie, a pocket supported therein, an adjustable wedge-block disposed upon the base of said pocket, a screw carried by the wall of said pocket and threaded into said adjustable block, a plate having an inclined surface resting upon said block, and means for securing the rail to said plate. v

5. In a railwaytie, a pocket supported therein, an adjustable wedge-block disposed upon the base of said pocket, a screw carried by the wall of said pocket and threaded into said adjustable block, a plate having an inclined surface resting upon said block, a cushion-block resting upon said plate, a pressure-plate disposed upon said cushion-block, and means for securing the rail to said pressure-plate.

6. In a railway tie, a pocket supported therein, an adjustable wedge-block disposed upon the base of said pocket, a screw carried by the wall of said pocket and threaded into said adjustable block, a plate having an inclined surface resting upon said block, a cushion-block resting upon said plate, a pressure-plate disposed upon said cushion-block, and.vertically-extending bolts passed through said pocket and provided at their upper ends with means for engaging the base of a rail.

7. In a railway tie, a pocket supported therein, an adjustable block disposed upon the base of said pocket, a screw carried by the wall of said pocket and threaded into said adjustable block, a plate having an inclined surface resting upon said block, a cushion-block resting upon said plate, a pressure-plate disposed upon said cushion-block, verticallyextending bolts passed through said pocket and provided at their upperends with means for engaging the base of a rail, a saddleback beneath said pocket, and means for securing said saddleback to the side walls of the tie.

8. In a railwaytie, a pocket supported therein, an adjustable wedge-block disposed upon the base of said pocket, a screw carried by the wall of said pocket and 'threaded into said adjustable block, a plate having an inclined face restingA upon said block, a cushion-block resting upon said plate, a pressureplate disposed upon said cushion-block, vertically-extending bolts passed through said pocket and provided at their upper ends with means for engaging the base of a rail, a sad- -dleback beneath said pocket, means forsecuring said saddleback to the side walls of the tie, and a locking-bar extending between the nuts upon the bolts at the opposite ends of the pocket and provided with depending ends adapted to enter recesses in the pressure-plate.

9. In a railway-tie, a pocket provided at its opposite sides with iianges adapted to rest IOO IIO

uponthe upper surface of the tie, and a saddleback beneath said pocket and secured to the side Walls of the tie.

10. In a railway-tie, a rail-support, and an adjustingl wedge-block beneath said support comprising a fixed and a movable Wedge member adapted to be operated by a screw.

11. In a railway-tie,V a pocket, a saddleback for supporting said pocket above the bottom ot' the tie, and means permitting a longitudinal drainage from the tie.

12. In a railway-tie, a pocket supported above the bottom of the tie, wedge members disposed in the lower portion of said pocket,

a cushion-block resting upon said wedge members, a pressure-plate above said cushionblock, and a bolt extending vertically through the vseveral members contained in the pocket and securing the same together and contacting with the base of a rail disposed upon the upper face of the pressure-plate.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK U. HAYMOND.

SAMUEL I. BEAN. Witnesses:

JOHN T. CORBIN, W. A. HILDEBRAND. 

